Hanukkah Radio 2012

Can you believe that it's been an entire year since the last one? Well I can too. It's back, this year's installment of Hanukkah Radio on SiriusXM's Shade45! Join myself along with Reef the Streets, DJ Scram "Scramishewitz" Jones and Lord "Shmear" Sear as we take you on an exploration of the meaning of Hanukkah and a bunch of other stuff. This is where Judaism and Hip-Hop collide! This year we name a new Jew of the Year, have guest Rabbi Wechsler lead us on a brief prayer, play everyone's favorite game Jew or Not a Jew and play an assortment of music with Jewish connections. Thanks for listening, Happy Hanukkah and whatever other holiday you celebrate. L'Chaim!

Name The Pig

Shady Records and Slaughterhouse invite you to name the pig from their logo... Yeah, he's tied upside down and looks lifeless but we want to give this poor guy an identity and who knows where it goes from there...

Adam "MCA" Yauch Tributes

I meant to get this post up sooner, but I just got back from Disney World with the kids and that's not really a trip that you have any extra time on... Anyway, the Beastie Boys have had a profound impact on me. I have been a fan ever since I first saw them debut on the big screen in Krush Groove (which I was completely blown away by, them and the young LL Cool J impromptu "Radio" performance) and at one point I was determined to be IN the group at around 15 years old. I was already completely smitten with rap music since my older brother introduced me to Run-D.M.C.'s debut album, and the fact that 3 white jewish dudes could make a career out of it put a lot of gas in my young tank (pause).
I've personally always credited the Beasties as the original hipsters, crafting everything from ironic facial hair and retro clothing to auteur film making and indie companies (Xtra Large, Grand Royal) as chic and way ahead of the curve. Combine that with their debut LIcensed to Ill and the groundbreaking production and sample usage on Paul's Boutique and that alone is enough to cement them as classic, indescribably important artists of my generation. Obviously it didn't stop there, as Check Your Head and it's follow-up Ill Communication continued their trailblazing talent well into the '90's as both were classic albums themselves.
A couple of my good friends and Shade45 stalwarts DJ Lord Sear and Reef the Streets both shared their Beastie Boys memories with the mix and interview below, and I wanted to make sure that I posted them here for the rest of you to check out.





Adam Yauch will be especially missed by me as an inspiration, musician and cultural icon. Here's to you, in your honor.

Kermit the Frog vs. DJ Whoo Kid

G Unit's DJ Whoo Kid has always amazed me for many, many reasons- not the least of which is the variety and quality of guests he ropes in for interviews. I seriously wouldn't be surprised if he interviews Obama one day. But this one really blows my mind...

Yelawolf & Kid Rock on Letterman- "Let's Roll"

In case you missed it, the Wolf came to the big city with his other Mid-west buddy Mr. Rock to perform "Let's Roll" on the Late Show with David Letterman. Rock is chillin' hard in the fur. (I don't know if it was real so don't ask so you can just splatter my blog with red paint if it was. Knowing him, it was.)

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Gangrene "Vodka & Ayahuasca" (Video)

Here's the first official music video from The Alchemist and Oh No's Gangrene project Vodka & Ayahuasca directed by the fresh mad-man Jason Goldwatch from the Decon crew. I'm sure you will find this is a very entertaining and clever approach to mayhem. No Queens rappers were hurt during the making of this clip.

Cop the album HERE.

Shady Records x GQ NFL Playoffs

Our friend and GQ Senior Editor Will Welch came up with the idea to have some Shady Records artists, Eminem and myself create bracket predictions and talk some smack about the NFL playoffs and who will emerge victorious in the Super Bowl.
The brackets started with Divisional Playoffs following Wild Card weekend. Slaughterhouse was in the studio in Detroit with Eminem and I was in town as well when we filled our brackets out, and everyone saw mine and balked. Eminem got his words in first with this interview that ran last week.
Turns out that I picked 3 out of 4 right in the first round. My bracket is below.

Check out my interview and amature opinion here. Interviews with Yelawolf as well as Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz of Slaughterhouse are coming soon. May the best man(ager) win! LET'S GO BIG BLUE!

Shade45's Top 25 of 2011

Below are the top 25 most played records of 2011 on SiriusXM's Shade45 across all areas of programming- better late than never.

1. BAD MEETS EVIL “FAST LANE”

2. JAY-Z & KANYE WEST “NIGGAS IN PARIS”

3. BAD MEETS EVIL FEAT. BRUNO MARS “LIGHTERS”

4. BIG SEAN FEAT. CHRIS BROWN “MY LAST”

5. KANYE WEST FEAT. RIHANNA “ALL OF THE LIGHTS”

6. LIL WAYNE FEAT. CORY GUNZ “6 foot 7 foot”

7. WIZ KHALIFA “ROLL UP”

8. YELAWOLF FEAT. LIL JON “HARD WHITE (UP IN THE CLUB)”

9. JAY-Z & KANYE WEST “OTIS”

10. DJ DRAMA FEAT. FABOLOUS, ROSCOE DASH & WIZ KHALIFA “OH MY”

11. 2 CHAINZ “SPEND IT”

12. DR. DRE FEAT. EMINEM & SKYLAR GREY “I NEED A DOCTOR”

13. BIG SEAN FEAT. KANYE WEST & ROSCOE DASH “MARVIN GAYE & CHARDONNAY”

14. YOUNG JEEZY FEAT. LIL WAYNE “BALLIN”

15. SLAUGHTERHOUSE “BACK ON THE SCENE”

16. DRAKE “HEADLINES”

17. EMINEM “SPACEBOUND”

18. J. COLE “WORKOUT"

19. MAINO FEAT. ROSCOE DASH “LET IT FLY”

20. BIG K.R.I.T. FEAT. LUDACRIS & BUN B. “COUNTRY SHIT (REMIX)”

21. TRAVIS BARKER FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES, LIL JON, TWISTA & YELAWOLF “LET’S GO”

22. SLAUGHTERHOUSE, YELAWOLF & EMINEM “2.0 BOYS”

23. TECH N9NE “MENTAL GIANT”

24. MEEK MILL FEAT. YOUNG CHRIS “HOUSEPARTY”

25. FABOLOUS “YOU BE KILLIN' EM”

Here's a Spotify link to the playlist as well courtesy of Riggs Morales.